WEBINAR
Getting to Zero Errors in Execution through Procedure Clarity
In this on-demand webinar, Christian McDermott (North America Market Coordinator at Voovio) and Fran Montemurro (Director of Operations at Voovio, previously DuPont) discussed how process industry leaders are taking on the challenge of procedure clarity in the field at the 2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting & 17th Global Congress on Process Safety.
Director of Operations at Voovio
Name:
Francis Montemurro
Job Title:
Director of Operations at Voovio
Speaker Bio:
Fran spent over 30 years in manufacturing management with DuPont. He was plant manager at multiple DuPont’s Safety and Protection, Performance Materials, and Chemicals & Specialties manufacturing sites. He successfully managed high hazard chemical continuous and batch operations, and his teams were awarded the inaugural E.I. DuPont Safety Excellence Medal for remarkable injury-free performance, zero process safety events, and product distribution incidents, as well as the E.I. DuPont Engineering Excellence Award for delivering step-change improvements in business performance through an organizational transformation. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fran received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He has served in several leadership roles in industry associations and civic organizations.
North America Market Coordinator at Voovio
Name:
Christian McDermott
Job Title:
North America Market Coordinator at Voovio
Speaker Bio:
Christian began his career with a major EPC company, working in management consulting and project management roles in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. He has been with Voovio for over ten years and has become a leading expert in enhanced reality and knowledge automation solutions for the process industry. Christian has a BA and MSc from University College London and an MBA from IESE Business School.
In this workshop based on-demand webinar Voovio took part to showcase the power of knowledge automation at 2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety. The AIChE (The American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Spring Meeting was a key technical conference for chemical engineers covering a wide range of relevant subjects to the current needs of process safety practitioners in the industry.
Key takeaways of the webinar:
- We discussed the Benefits of Procedure Clarity and Effective Knowledge Transfer on Field Operator Performance.
- Christian McDermott and Fran Montemurro talked about the concept of “Procedure Clarity” as a major source of error, overlooked by the industry.
- We gave insights on how to implement clear and concise procedures, standardized on plant operations that have objective assessments. We explained how they function as foundational building blocks to ensure field operator competency and deliver predictable process performance.
To see the whole webinar for yourself, you can watch the video below:
